1st ed, 1st imp. Red cloth boards (faded, heavily worn at edges and joints, cloth fraying around spine). Lending sheet on front free endpaper, no other library markings. Old tape repair to cracked gutter between front endpapers, some spotting. In its original worn and edge-nicked dust jacket (short, flat creases around spine). Dust jacket now in archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong the life of the jacket. It is not adhered to the book or to the dust jacket. Scarce, hard to find title from this profile author , several of whose novels were made into films in the early days of British silent movies.